Overview
- Punjab Kings, who played at Chepauk on Friday, beat Chennai Super Kings by five wickets after reaching 210 for 5 in 18.4 overs.
- Priyansh Arya blasted 39 off 11 balls to set up the chase and Shreyas Iyer added a 29-ball fifty before Marcus Stoinis and Shashank Singh finished it.
- Chennai posted 209 for 5 as 18-year-old Ayush Mhatre hit 73 off 43, with late bursts from Sarfaraz Khan at 32 off 12 and Shivam Dube unbeaten on 45.
- The IPL fined Shreyas Iyer INR 24 lakh for a second slow over-rate this season and docked the PBKS playing XI a portion of their match fees under Article 2.22.
- Ruturaj Gaikwad said 210 should have been enough and faulted his bowlers’ execution, as CSK slid to a sixth straight home loss while PBKS moved to 2-0 with powerplay aggression again proving decisive.